A woman looking into a hand-mirror; in the background God shows Adam and Eve the tree of knowledge. Engraving by N. de Bruyn after M. de Vos.

  • Vos, Maarten de, 1532-1603
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26957i
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The five senses (Martin de Vos)
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An eagle, a symbol of sight, sits by the woman

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[Amsterdam] : [Assu. van Lond excu]

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1 print : line engraving ; platemark 9.1 x 11.9 cm.

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Visus habet crimen (quam multos perdidit ille) / Compescat frenis hunc nisi cura suis / Viderunt monstrante deo pendere iucundum / In ligno fructum primus uterque parens. M. de Vos invent. N. de B. fe.

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Wellcome Collection 26957i

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